The aim of this book, like all the other Oxford Handbooks, is to provide a compact but comprehensive guide to medical practice. It has been designed to slip inside the pocket of a white coat and to be rapidly retrieved for reference. There are many blank facing pages for notes, and for amending or annotating the text to fit in with local practice.
This second edition of a best-selling Oxford Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the practice of ENT and head and neck surgery in a concise, practical, and easily accessible format. For use on the ward or for revision purposes, this new edition is organized anatomically and each section provides a summary of the essential approach to a specific presenting complaint. Quick access chapters are included detailing emergency conditions and their acute management. This new edition includes expanded sections on anatomy, pediatrics, drugs, practical and surgical procedures, and emergencies. There are new chapters covering ENT manifestations HIV/AIDS and sleep disorders. Still the only pocket-sized reference of ENT available, this handbook is unique in offering diagnostic flowcharts which guide readers based on specific sets of symptoms. Patient-centered and practical, this book represents a more accurate experience for those typically faced with ENT and neck surgery in clinical practice.
The book will be well used and will help guide you through the sometimes complex world of ENT.
Book Features
- Incorporates learning objectives, ward management information, and common modes of presentation in a concise single volume.
- Covers the preparation of patients for theatre as well as overviews of common operations.
- Features new chapters on ENT manifestations in HIV/AIDS, sleep disorders, common drugs used in ENT, and paediatric ENT conditions.
- Includes expanded coverage of anatomy, practical and surgical procedures, and emergencies.
- Emphasizes a patient-centred, practical approach throughout.
About the Author
- Rogan Corbridge is Clinical Tutor and ENT Consultant at Royal Berkshire Hospital, and Reading and Consultant ENT Surgeon at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
- Nicholas Steventon is Visiting ENT Specialist at Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
- 1: Overview
- 2: ENT examination
- 3: Common methods of presentation
- 4: Investigations in ENT
- 5: External ear
- 6: Middle ear
- 7: Inner ear
- 8: The skull base
- 9: Nose and sinuses
- 10: The mouth, tonsils and adenoids
- 11: The salivary glands
- 12: The larynx
- 13: The oesphagus
- 14: The neck
- 15: The thyroid
- 16: Sleep disorders
- 17: Paediatric ENT conditions
- 18: Common operations
- 19: Ward care
- 20: Allied health professionals
- 21: Common drugs used in ENT disorders (and their side effects)
- 22: Practical procedures
- 23: ENT emergencies
- 24: Glossary of ENT terms and eponyms
Book Details
- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (February 28, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0199550794
- ISBN-13: 978-0199550791
- Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches